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6 Big Things to Look Forward to on New Girl

Ugh, we still have to sit through one more New-Girl-less Tuesday night. Brutal. Let's snack on what's coming up to hold us over.

Schmidt's breakdown If Hannah's Q-tip incident on Girls was just a little too much for your liking, Schmidt's life-crisis aquatic will probably be more your speed. In an upcoming storyline, he becomes obsessed with a fish, and everything's a metaphor, and at some point he's going to look like he tried Kim Kardashian's blood-facial thing.

Nick's new girlfriend OK, maybe we're not looking forward to this, per se, but we're looking forward to discussing it. And possibly panning it. I mean, they're not off to a great start. This isn't even about Nick and Jess's destined fates; it's about having to watch Nick bumble his way through romancing another dark-haired girl (Odette Annable) from the bar. Let's switch it up, people!

A sad road trip OK, read no further if you're really neurotic about spoilers, but be warned that this is out there otherwise: Nick's father passes away in an upcoming episode, which means the gang is off to Chicago to support him. Now, not to be morbid or anything, but I felt like Marshall's father's funeral took the HIMYM gang's dynamic to another level, and let's not even talk about the Miranda's mother episode of SATC or I may just lose it. So: I'm really interested in seeing how this sobering moment opens up the loft gang.

So many great guest stars Nick Kroll as Nick's brother? Perfect. Ellen Albertini Dow (of The Wedding Singer!) as his grandmother? The cherry on top.

Another possible ex-comeback I like the boomeranging ex thingNew Girl did with David Walton a.k.a. Sam—it's so true to life, and it doesn't happen enough on TV. Apparently there's talk that they'll use the tactic on another fling of Jess's: Dermot Mulroney. Which is fine by me. Der-more Der-mot, please!

Is anyone else going through New Girl withdrawal? What stuff are you looking forward to?

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Megan AngeloEntertainment writer. I love talking about TV so much, you'll eventually back slowly away from me at a party.